Sweden 1602 2 ore
This specimen was lot 11025 in Stack's Bowers June 2026 World Premier Collectors Choice Auction (Copenhagen, June 2026), where it sold for €2,440 (about US$2,813). The catalog description[1] noted, "SWEDEN. 2 Öre, 1602. Stockholm Mint. Karl (IX) as Lord Protector. NGC EF-45. Well struck example of this one-year type. Thick toning on both sides and lustrous reverse. Planchet flaw at 7 o'clock. Desirable coin in great condition for the type. From the L.E. Bruun Collection." In 1599, Karl ousted his Catholic nephew Sigismund and made himself lord protector of Sweden. This coin cites him as "CAROL:D:G:HÆ:PRIN:SVE*". In 1604, Karl claimed the throne for himself as Karl IX. This type was struck 1602 only and is rare. One riksdaler was 48 öre or six mark.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 2.92 g, 0.500 fine silver, this specimen 3.02 g.
Catalog reference: KM-9; SM-20; Delzanno-24; Bruun-11688.
- Bjorne Ahlstrom, Yngve Almer and Bengt Hemmingson, Sveriges Mynt, 1521-1977, the Coinage of Sweden. Stockholm: Numismatika Bokforlaget AB, 1976.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- Delzanno, Roberto, Myntårsboken 2022, Sveriges Mynt 995-2021, 1:a upplagen, Stockholm, 2021.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, June 2026 World Premier Collectors Choice Auction - Selections from the L.E. Bruun Collection, the Richard Margolis Collection and the Kirk Menczer Collection of Republican Reales Minors, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2026.
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